Testosterone has been used to explain Wall Street bravado, reckless driving, dangerous sports, political aggression, and the ...

Men are more likely to take risks in tricky situations than women, but whether there is an inherent biological reason behind ...

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Over the past several years, much has been made of the psychological influences of the hormone Oxytocin on behavior. It has been called the love hormone and the trust hormone. And there are some ...

Testosterone (T) increases response to sexual and aggressive stimuli. Although human studies show that T can promote positive social responses in some contexts —such as promoting social status—its ...

In the largest trial of its kind, scientists discovered that boosting testosterone did not affect men’s choices in trust, risk, or fairness games, undermining years of smaller, attention-grabbing ...

The common assumption about testosterone is that it makes us more aggressive and competitive. But is this the entire story? Perhaps the effect of testosterone on behavior depends on our social rank.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Testosterone makes people behave badly, but only because of our own prejudices about its effect, not its true biological action, scientists said on Tuesday. A Swiss and ...